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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1934
Page
4
Potter school will reopen next Wednesday January 2 following a week and a half Yuletide vacation. Classes will run Wednesday to Saturday of the coming week, enabling an early spring finish compared with a full two week break.
Potter Lodge No. 313 A F and A M passes proficiency after an all day session led by deputy custodian A F Whitmire. The lodge earns the proficient class certificate and many Masons travel to Sidney Thursday for the presentation. Past master Elmer Seyfang is also slated for renewed proficiency.
Miss Beryl Dykeman arrived here Wednesday from Fremont and will stay a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dykeman and other relatives. She is accompanied by her friend Miss Betty Stuermer, also of Fremont.
Announcement for the Old Time Club dance at Benish hall on Monday the 31st. Members with current cards are admitted to two more dances without supper, replacing the prior plan of one dance plus supper as originally intended.
Mrs Ray Fisher hosted the Busy Neighbors club last Wednesday with eleven members and one visitor present. Dues were raised to fifty cents a year and leaders Mrs Ed Wickhorst and Mrs Edgar Anderson led a lesson titled Economical Food Buying. A grab box gift followed a lunch hosted by Mrs Geo Reetz, with next meeting scheduled for January.
Mark Goding and J Willard Chris tensen, U S Navy, have been on furlough with relatives and left this week for San Diego to resume duties. Mark will likely be assigned to an aviation mechanics school at Norfolk Virginia, chosen from a field of candidates.
Western Nebraska endured a brief winter touch on Christmas day with no snowfall. Emergency broadcasts warned of a sudden temperature drop to near zero, then warmer by noon the next day. Dust storms, strong winds, and a lack of snow persisted, despite much of Nebraska being covered.
Mrs C W Schmahl leaves for Colorado Springs after her brother is killed in a car accident. Kimball visitors include W E B Stahly and several families. Legion Auxiliary holds a benefit card party. Edith Schmahl visits at Kimball hospital. A 10 pound girl born to Mr and Mrs Carl Belgum. Raymond Gunderson returns from Billings. Missionary ladies gather with Mrs A I Gunders. various calls and visits noted in Dix and Kimball communities.
Wednesday travelers head to California for Christmas with Mrs. Peters family. Edith Mitchell underwent appendicitis surgery in Kimball on Tuesday and is recovering well. Mrs. Binning and Mrs. Larkin visited Kimball business offices. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hates and son spent Christmas at the Wm Scheele home. Ben and Gordon James left for a few days in Laramie to visit relatives. Emma Williams and sons visited Geo Foskett’s home on Christmas Day. Emil Carlson and family from Potter spent Christmas in Dix with Art Johnson. C M Beitel Jens Jensen and Chas Campbell were in Alliance for business. Campbell bought a new Plymouth. Roy Sutherland returned from Roseburg Oregon after fifteen months in a CCC camp. Julieta Goding and Phyllis Ehlers are spending Christmas with home folks. The girls attend school activities.
School at Chadron with Gene Binning family and other business callers in Cheyenne Saturday. E O Houghtaling and Emily Smith shared Christmas dinner at the A B Houghtaling home. Herbert Scheele, stationed in the CCC at Red Cloud, Nebr, spent weekend with his parents. Community Christmas tree in Dix Monday with Santa Claus and treats. Chan Coxbill and family of Atkinson visiting Mrs Coxbill’s parents, W E Stahly. J H Madden of Peters called at Henry James home Saturday.
R. J. Porter and D. A. Pratt, both of Sidney, called on business in Potter Wednesday, meeting with local merchants and discussing trade.
Albert F Nielsen posts a clear no hunting trapping or trespassing notice on his farm. In Kimball a patient named John Quein is described as a medical patient recovering satisfactorily at a local hospital.
Ralph Robertson has been on the sick list this week with a stomach disorder but is reported considerably improved. The ad notes Rice Funeral Home in Sidney, Nebraska, as the undertaker option with the local phone listing.
Mrs Mary Stevens and her son Gene of Pine Bluffs spent last Sunday visiting the H Stevens home in Potter, according to local notices.
Mr and Mrs Pete Hansen and Mrs K Wansen visited on Christmas day at the E H Biggs residence in Sidney confirming social greetings and holiday hospitality.
Mrs Grace Peters of Colorado Springs Colorado is visiting at the home of her sister Mrs G L Rogers during a brief familial visit.
Willamine daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Johnson returned from Kimball hospital on Wednesday of last week recovering nicely from an appendicitis operation.
Margaret daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Johnson of Kirk submitted to an appendicitis operation at Kim Hospital and is reported in stable condition with recovery expected.
A brief note states a member is convalescing satisfactorily. The Royal Neighbors hold their regular meeting on Wednesday evening with installation of officers scheduled. All members urged to attend.
The old folks Leafdale Mr and Mrs Tobler and son from Colorado and Mrs Emma Olson were Christmas dinner guests at the Emil Leatdale home. The Toblers are parents of Mrs Arthur Leafdale.
Large crowds attended the Christmas programs and children performed exceptionally well. Free candy nuts and apples were dispensed by Santa in person, a real treat for the youngsters.
The American Legion Auxiliary meets today at 2 30 p m at Mrs Ray Arnell's home with Mrs Harley Hite assisting. It is the annual Christmas party and gift exchange. All members urged to attend.
Mrs J M Hughes departed Sunday morning with her sister and husband of Dalton to spend Christmas with her parents in Fairbury Nebraska. The Hughes children remain with their grandparents during the visit.
A happy Christmas day family reunion was held at the Christensen home with all the children and relativespresent in special honor of Willard Christensen who planned to leave the next day for the west coast to resume his duties with the United States Navy.
Word reached Wednesday of the sudden death on Christmas night of Buddy Biggs nephew of Mr and Mrs E H Biggs. Buddy aged about 19 resided with the Biggs family while in Potter and was well known among local youths. Authorities attribute the death to heart failure.
Bert Tompkins, now living in Bayard, has spent time in Lincoln for treatment of an injured foot. He has returned to Bayard but will need to return to Lincoln for additional care.
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